One Confirmed FF7: Rebirth Change To Sephiroth Makes A Lot Of Sense
28.12.2023 - 21:36
/ screenrant.com
/ Yoshinori Kitase
Sephiroth looks a little different in , but that may be a good thing. As a reimagining of the original game, the trilogy makes a number of changes to its story, setting, and characters. Many of these are minor, like the gentle rearrangement of certain story events to make the plot flow better in a linear format. Others, however, are much more significant, adding a ton of depth to otherwise two-dimensional characters, and quite possibly changing other characters' fates entirely.
But sometimes, it's the smallest changes that can make the biggest difference. incorporates a lot of new mechanics, some of which simply couldn't exist in the original version. The story tweaks required to make these mechanics sensible and functional may be minor, but they still have a noticeable impact. One tiny story change, recently confirmed by 's developers, may not be the most popular. But it allows for a new, interesting spin on one of its most morally fraught characters.
In an interview with , producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed that Sephiroth is significantly less powerful in the upcoming remake than he was in the original game. will include a flashback scene that also appeared in the original game, in which Cloud, Tifa, and Sephiroth ascend Mt. Nibel to check on a Mako Reactor. Sephiroth's power puts the young Cloud to shame; it's clear that he's much stronger than his junior already, even before his attempted ascension to godhood. But while Sephiroth will still be stronger than Cloud in 's take on this flashback, he won't be quite as powerful as in the original game.
But of course, it's this very decrease in power that makes Sephiroth viable as a playable character in . Gameplay previews for have confirmed that Sephiroth will be playable, although that'll likely only extend to this one flashback scene. An ultra-powerful, godlike Sephiroth would just be too easy to play — battles would last a couple of seconds at most. The turn-based combat of the original at least gives Cloud and the opposing monsters a chance to strike before Sephiroth wraps things up. With an all-powerful Sephiroth in a real-time combat version of the game, the Mt. Nibel chapter would quickly become a boring, cutscene-laden slog.
And that's not even to mention the story implications that players could inflict with Sephiroth's full power. He may not even be fully awakened by this point, but players could still probably wreak some havoc with his limited connection to Jenova. Summoning Meteor and destroying the entire planet is something that players aren't quite ready for at that point in the story, and so Sephiroth had to be nerfed slightly to make sense as a playable character.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake and